Analysis
Barbara van Schewick (Stanford CIS Blog), California Is Being Asked to Give Up 14 Years of Broadband Protections. It Doesn't Have To, September 16, 2026
Harold Feld (Public Knowledge): Trump Administration Wants California To Trade Up to $16 billion in Broadband Benefits It Has Now for $1.42 billion It Will Disperse Later (Not to Mention Preempting California Broadband Laws). What a Deal!, September 17, 2026
Katharine Trendacosta and Chao Liu (EFF Blog): California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality, Affordability, and Public Safety, September 15, 2026
Actions
Demand Progress Action Page:
Tell Governor Newsom to reject Trump's scheme to end net neutrality!
Demand Progress Call Page:
Call Governor Newsom — reject Trump's scheme to end net neutrality!
EFF Action Page:
California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality, Affordability, and Public Safety
Fight for the Future Call Tool:
Urgent: Trump is attacking net neutrality in California
Press
Khari Johnson (CalMatters): California is poised to get $1.4 billion for broadband. But there’s a huge catch, September 18, 2026
Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica): California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand, September 16, 2026
Karl Bode (Techdirt): Trump Says California Can’t Stand Up To Big Telecom If It Wants Taxpayer Grants, September 17, 2026
Letters
Digital Equity Advocates Letter
September 15, 2026
Signatories:
● California Community Foundation
● NextGen California
● The Utility Reform Network (TURN)
● California Alliance for Digital Equity (CADE)
● Digital Equity LA
● Electronic Frontier Foundation
● Public Knowledge
● ACLU California Action
● Center for Accessible Technology
● National Digital Inclusion Alliance
● Open Technology Institute at New America
● National Consumer Law Center
● Michelson Center for Public Policy
● East Bay Broadband Consortium
● Media Access Project
● Everyone On
● Destination Crenshaw
● Digital Equity, UNITE-LA
● Media Alliance
● Latino Equality Alliance
● Community Broadband Networks, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
● Fresno Coalition for Digital Inclusion
● Pacoima Beautiful
● Connect the Valley (CtV)
● Health Equity Rising
● Restore 180
● Innovate Public Schools
● Communities In Schools of Los Angeles
Ex Parte Filing of the Utility Reform Network; Center for Accessible Technology; Public Knowledge Communications Workers of America, District 9; and California Alliance for Digital Equity Regarding Acceptance of NTIA's Condition 50 to the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
September 17, 2026
Signatories:
● The Utility Reform Network
● Center for Accessible Technology
● Public Knowledge
● The Communications Workers of America District 9
● California Alliance for Digital Equity
Communications Workers of America Letter
September 16, 2026
Signatories: Communications Workers of America, District 9